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Old 02-13-2007, 04:14 PM
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This e-mail was so interesting I had to share it with you.
If they had actually looked at my site they would know they are trying to pay about 1/2 the price of anything in my market. I get sob stories like this two or three times a month and they never end up buying anything.


"DEAR MARTIN,
THANK YOU FOR THE SPEEDY REPLY. AS MY WIFE AND I ARE BOTH DISABLED, NATURALLY WE ARE LOOKING FOR THE BEST VALUE. I NOTICED WHILE LOOKING AT YOUR WEBSITE, THAT YOU SEEMED TO BE HONEST FOLKS. I WOULD LIKE TO PAY ABOUT $400.00 A MONTH FOR HOUSE PAYMENTS ON A TWENTY YEAR MORTGAGE, AND A LOT RENT ABOUT $250.00 PER MONTH WITH TRASH,
WATER,SEWER,TAXES,LAWN- MOWING
AND LANDSCAPING INCLUDED IF POSSIBLE. I KNOW THAT SOUNDS LIKE A LOT, BUT THE NERVES IN MY LOWER BACK ARE DYING, AND MY LEGS GIVE OUT. AND MY WIFE HURT HER BACK WHILE BEING DROPPED IN AN ELEVATOR WHERE SHE USED TO WORK. YOU WILL HAVE SOME TIME TO WORK ON THIS, AS MY WIFE AND I WANT TO VISIT DELAWARE WHEN THE WEATHER GETS A LITTLE NICER, MAYBE MARCH OR APRIL."

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME,

SINCERELY,

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I get sob stories like this two or three times a month and they never end up buying anything.

Thru my work with http://www.rotary.org/ I can advise that there really are folks that fit the profile.
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I get sob stories like this two or three times a month and they never end up buying anything.
same here... not all sob stories, but unrealistic requirements.. I almost want to tell them I am a Realtor not a magician!

Coastal, just tell them to search on your site by price (mls) and let you know which properties they would like to see. Usually, they get the message when they can't find anything. (However, I did have someone once tell me that they looked on my site but couldn't find something in their price range! hmmm... I wonder why!)
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those types of inquiries hurt.. there really isn't much you can do to help and it is just sad.
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Hello,
Here in Chattanooga, TN we have a few condos and town homes that would fit that bill. Every now and then you see one that is bank owned or owned by an out of town investor that just wants out. Our cost of living is probably much lower here.
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I would like you to build my a website just like Marc Rasmussen's website in your portfolio, IT'S AMAZING! Do you think you could do even better with mine if I hired you, I really want to stand out, have #1 rankings and have the website basically close my deals for me...

I have a $500 budget

I feel for ya buddy

My sales manager usually responds to people who expect us to lower our prices because they think we "could" with "Yeah and I want 4 beds, 4 baths on the water for 100k and I only want to pay you a 1% commission for your troubles" something to that effect. Tis kind of funny actually
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lol, you are worth every penny Morgan! How did the php festival go (or are you still there)?
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I've been getting people lately asking me about renting units... and I don't understand why they think I have anything to do with that!
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lots of rental inquiries too lately..

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PHP conference was a lot of fun, amazingly Aaron Ferg and I were back at our hotel in the evening by 11:30 PM as well, kind of unlike us, you know we like our crown

I am currently working on an intellectual property article based on the information I learned at the conference, and a subsequent meeting and talks with Zak Greant zak.greant.com he does a lot of work with some very high end companies such as mozilla, and provided me with some great insights

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